Dollar Bill

Name: Billy Singleton
Height: 6'7
Position: Forward
College: St Johns
Signed: 1997/98 & 2000/01

Big Billy Singleton is a true Riders and BBL legend, having captained the Double winning team in 2000 in his second spell with the club after initially joining in 97-98.
6'7 Singleton was unstoppable in the low post at times, he could finish to a high percentage close in and rebound heavily too. While not being the most mobile guy on court, Billy sure had the quickest hands in the business and he used his famous quarterback launch pass to great effect many times, usually to set Purnell Perry off on a flying mission.
Billy has also played for Birmingham, Thames Valley, Scottish Rocks [winning the play-offs] and Chester during his time in the BBL.

Tim Winn

Name: Tim Winn
Height: 5'10
Position: Point Guard
College: St Bonaventure
Signed: 2002/03

Former NCAA Div 1 St Bonaventure star Tim Winn was signed by Billy Mims to replace Antoine Sims at point guard during the 02-03 season. Tim arrived in December [along with Mario Porter] to join a team which had no confidence and no continuity and he tried hard to inject some sparkle into things with some gutsy moves on offence and some tremendous steals on D.
5'10 Winn averaged around 15pts a game in his short stay at Loughborough and he played for the Pennslyvania Valley Dawgs amongst others after leaving Leicester.

Antoine Sims

Name: Antoine Sims
Height: 5'10
Position: Point Guard
Collge: Johnson C Smith
Signed: 2002/03

This BBL rookie 5'10 point guard was signed straight from Johnson C Smith college in the States to run things on the floor for the 02-03 season. Antoine got off to a decent start assists wise but his scoring was proving a problem for Coach Mims, who always liked heavy scoring guards in his system.
Eventually things came to a head in December and Sims was cut to make way for Tim Winn, a decision which didn't go down too well with a few Riders fans who had taken Antoine to their hearts as he always tried his hardest on court.

JaRon Boone

Name: JaRon Boone
Height: 6'6
Position: Guard/Forward
College: Nebraska
Signed: 1997/98 and 1998/99

Former Nebraska Cornhusker JaRon Boone spent two seasons with the Riders initially playing under Bob Donewald in 97-98 and then Dave Harris the following season.
A real showman, the 6'6 SF provided some memorable moments during his stay, dunks, threes, outrageous passes and his patented sit in the crowd stunt if he didn't like the call against him.
Boone played in the 98 Cup Final but he was up against one of the finest players the BBL has ever seen in John McCord who overshadowed JaRon and guided Thames Valley to glory.
Under Harris, Riders stumbled to a 9-27 record and Boone had a poor season by his standards which saw him move on at the season end.

Ervin Murray

Name: Ervin Murray
Height: 6'5
Postion: Guard/Forward
College: Wake Forest
Signed: 2004/05

6'5 PG Ervin Murray was signed by Karl Brown as a replacement for Nathan Anderson in the early stages of the 04-05 season. Erv had started his BBL career at Birmingham but he left Bullets and KB snapped him up, it was a wise move as the multi skilled former Wake Forest man showed his versatility by covering 3 positions and doing a bit of everything to a good standard. Being 6'5, he provided match up problems with most opposing PG's, his long arms grabbed plenty of rebounds, he could hit the three, take it inside and finish softly or via a slam plus his passing and court vision were superb.
Ervin's steadying influence was the catalyst behind the Riders late run for a play-off spot which sadly ultimately failed as MK Lions snuck home in 8th spot.
If Ervin had been around from the start maybe things would have been different?

After leaving Leicester at the end of the 04-05 season, Ervin went back to the States and was trying to get in the 05 NBA Summer League.